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Title Page Copyright Page Preface Table of Contents CHAPTER I: THE ESSENTIALS OF THE CONVENTION (a) Principal aim of the Convention (b) Structure of the Convention (c) Substantive provisions relating to all forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (d) Substantive provisions relating specifically to torture (e) Implementation provisions CHAPTER II: THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONVENTION (1) Human rights and the United Nations (a) The human rights idea (b) Human rights instruments of the UN and other intergovernmental organizations (c) Comparison of declarations and conventions (d) Implementation procedures (2) Inclusion of the prohibition of torture in international standards (3) The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (a) Discussion of the question of torture in the UN General Assembly in 1973 and 1974 (b) Preparation of the Declaration by the Fifth UN Congress (c) Adoption of the Declaration by the UN General Assembly in 1975 (4) Further efforts for strengthening the protection against torture (a) Further efforts requested by the UN General Assembly (b) Non-governme
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- Author
- Herman J. Burgers, Hans Danelius, J. Herman Burgers
- Publisher
- Brill | Nijhoff
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004478305
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Political Science
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